"Mill Hill" Songs
"LET US CALL YOU SPOFFORD"(SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "LET US CALL YOU SWEETHEART")
LET US Call You SPOFFORD
WE'RE IN LOVE WITH YOU
LET US HEAR YOUR WHISTLE,
THAT CALLS US ALL TO YOU.
KEEP THE SPINNERS SPINNING,
AND THE WEAVERS WEAVING TOO,
LET US CALL YOU SPOFFORD,
WE'RE IN LOVE WITH YOU.
"DOWN BY THE OLD DYE DITCH" (SUNG TO THE TUNE-DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM")
DOWN BY THE OLD DYE DITCH,
WHERE I FIRST MET YOU.
WITH YOUR TOES FULL OF ITCH,
BUT YOUR EYES WERE SO BLUE.
IT WAS THERE I KNEW,
THAT YOU LOVED ME TOO,
YOU WERE SIXTEEN,
MY "MILL HILL" QUEEN,
DOWN BY THE OLD "MILL" STREAM.
"SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL" # 1 SONG (SUNG TO THE TUNE-"MOCKING BIRD HILL")
TRA-LA-LA, TWIDDLEY-DEE-DEE, IT GAVE US A THRILL,
TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL".
TRA-LA-LA,TWIDDLEY-DEE-DEE, THERE WAS PEACE AND GOOD WILL,
WE WERE WELCOMED AS THE FLOWERS, ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL."
WHEN THE SUN IN THE MORNING PEEKED OVER THE MILL,
AND KISSED ALL THE ROSES ON OUR WINDOW SILL.
OUR HEARTS FILLED WITH GLADNESS, WHEN WE HEARD THE SHRILL,
OF THE LOOMS IN THE WEAVE ROOM, ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL."
WHEN LATE IN THE EVENING, WE WENT TO THE MILL,
TO SURVEY OUR KINGDOM, WITH EVERYTHING STILL.
ONLY WE AND THE SWEEPERS, WITH A TRUCK FULL OF QUILLS'
KNEW THE VALUE OF LIVING, ON SPOFFORD's "MILL HILL.
TRA-LA-LA, TWIDDLEY DEE-DEE, IT GAVE US A THRILL.
TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL."
TRA-LA-LA, TWIDDLEY DEE-DEE, THERE WAS PEACE AND GOOD WILL,
WHEN WE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING ON SPOFFORD"S "MILL HILL."
NOW THAT ALL HAVE COME HERE, FROM OVER THE HILL,
OUR MEMORIES GO BACK TO THE "OLE MILL HILL"
BUT TODAY AND FOREVER, WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT THRILL,
AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, OUR SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL."
SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL" # 2 SONG (SUNG TO THE TUNE-"BLUE BERRY HILL")
WE FOUND OUR THRILL THE SUN IN THE PEA FIELD
ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL." SHONE BRIGHTLY ON BILL,
ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL" THE STARS ON THE BALL FIELD
WHERE WE MET YOU. ALL CAME FROM THE MILL.
THE LOOMS ARE STILL THO' WE ARE APART
ON SPOFFORD's "MILL HILL". YOU'RE PART OF US STILL.
ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL", FOR YOU WERE OUR THRILL,
WHERE WE MET YOU. ON SPOFFORD'S "MILL HILL."
"MILL HILL" WORKERS DAUGHTER (SUNG TO THE TUNE-"A COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER")
WELL, I WAS BORN A "MILL HILL" WORKER'S DAUGHTER,
IN A HOUSE ON A HILL IN OLD DELGADO.
WE WERE POOR, BUT WE HAD LOVE,
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT DADDY MADE SURE OF.
HE WEAVED THE CLOTH TO MAKE A POOR MAN'S DOLLAR,
AND ALL DAY LONG TRIED TO SLEEP, AND START THAT NIGHT AGAIN.
MAMA ROCKED THE BABY AT NIGHT, AND READ THE BIBLE BY A KEROSENE LIGHT,
AND EVERYTHING WOULD START ALL OVER, COME BREAK OF MORN.
DADDY LOVED AND RAISED SEVEN KIDS ON A MILL WORKER'S PAY,
MAMA SCRUBBED OUR CLOTHES ON A WASH BOARD EVERY DAY.
WHY I'VE SEEN HER FINGERS BLEED, TO COMPLAIN THERE WAS NO NEED,
SHE'D SMILE IN MAMA'S UNDERSTANDING WAY.
IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE SHOES TO WEAR,
BUT IN THE WINTER WE ALL GOT A BRAND NEW PAIR,
FROM A MAIL ORDER CATALOG, MONEY MADE FROM SELLING A HOG.
DADDY ALWAYS MANAGED TO GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE.
YEA, I'M PROUD TO BE A "MILL HILL" WORKER'S DAUGHTER,
I REMEMBER WELL THE SPRING WHERE THE FAMILY GOT ITS WATER,
THE WORK WE DONE WAS HARD, AND AT NIGHT WE'D SLEEP 'CAUSE WE WERE TIRED,
AND NEVER THOUGHT OF LEAVING, THE OLD "MILL HILL."
WELL A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE WAY BACK THEN,
AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE BACK HOME AGAIN.
THE MILL IS GONE IN OLD DELGADO,
BUT NOT THE MEMORIES OF A "MILL HILL" WORKER'S DAUGHTER.
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Delgado/Spofford Mills Association, Wilmington, North Carolina